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Patent GB-191309275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flushing Apparatus for Water-closets.
Inventor: CHRISTENSEN ANDREAS VALDEMAR
IPC: E03D1/18
Filed: 1913-04-19
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 9275. Christensen, A. V. April 19. Siphon-discharge water-waste preventers, automatic; protecting from frost. - In water-closet flushing-apparatus, the water for one or more flushing-tanks 1 provided with an automaticallydischarging float chamber 2 is admitted through a sliding tubular valve 19 situated at such a depth as to be free from frost and provided with apertures 22 which are uncovered by depressing the rod 7. The water is forced along the tube 14 by an injector 18, 17 and thence through the apertures 23 to the main pipe 6, the tank 13 being partially emptied and the pressure therein reduced. The rod 7 is actuated by a cam 11 and U-shaped member contained in a casing 9 on the pipe 6, a cam and U-shaped member being associated with each tank 1, each cam in its inactive position 11<a> allowing the rod 7 to be actuated by the cam and lever 5 of another tank. The valve 26 is opened on actuating the rod 5 by links 24, 25 and admits water to the tank 1. A rod 27 attached to the float chamber has a head 28 which, when the float rises, passes the spring pawl 31, and, when the tank is discharged and the float descends, catches the pawl 31 and rotates the lever 29, thereby allowing the lever 5 and cam 11 to return to the inactive position under the action of a spring 32, the valve 19 being then closed by a spring 33 acting on the end of the rod 7. After a flushing operation, the water in the pipe 6 and tank 1 returns to the tank 13, the connexion 35 between the pipe 6 and tank 1 being provided with an automatic valve 36 which opens to the pipe 6 when the pressure therein is reduced, and the pipe 14 being provided with additional draining-apertures 34 through which the water flows when the valve 19 is closed. The rod 7 may be disposed outside the pipe 6. If only one flushing tank is provided, the valve 26 may be omitted and the tank connected directly to the pipe 6.
Patent GB-191310671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stamp Affixing Machines.
Filed: 1913-05-06
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 10,671. Lindstr÷m Akt. - Ges., C. March 14, [Convention date]. [Addition to 10,528/13.] Counting-apparatus with variable-step movement.-Consists in a modification of the means described in the parent Specification for adjusting simultaneously, in stamp-affixing machines, the means for varying the number of stamps torn from the strip and affixed at each operation of the machine and the counter-actuating means. Two of the adjustable cams, such as 8, are mounted on the driving-shaft 1, and the other cams, such as 7, are mounted on a sleeve 6 adjustable rotatably on the shaft by a notched disk 9 on the sleeve and a spring-pin 11 mounted in an arm 10 secured to the shaft 1 as described in the parent Specification. The counter 21 is mounted inside the machine, and its starwheel 20 is turned by the bent-over ends 19 of fingers 18, equal in number to the maximum number of stamps to be torn from the strip at each operation, which project from a cylinder 2 slidable along the shaft 1. The parts 19 of the fingers are of different lengths, so that the amount of rotation of the star-wheel 20 of the counter at each revolution of the driving-shaft 1 depends on the position of the cylinder 2 on the shaft. A sleeve 13 forming a continuation of the sleeve 6 carries a pivoted frame 15 provided with rollers 16, which engage with camsurfaces upon and thereby slide the cylinder 2 on the shaft when the disk 9 is turned relatively to the arm 10. A spring 22 presses the cylinder 2 up to the rollers 16, and a pin 5 on the shaft 1 slides in a slot 4 in a sleeve 3 forming an extension of the cylinder 2 so as to prevent the cylinder from rotating relatively to the shaft.
Patent GB-191311482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Cars.
Inventor: PARNACOTT ALFRED EDMUND
IPC: B62D21/04
Filed: 1912-05-22
Granted: 1913-06-23
Abstract: 11,482. Parnacott, A. E. May 22, 1912. Frame components, applying and combining.- The frame consists of a longitudinal box girder a mounted between the upper and lower members of transverse spring axles b, b<1> and enclosing the crank-shaft and driving-mechanism. The wheels are mounted on short hollow axle journals carried by the ends of the springs. Canting when turning corners.-The front pair of springs is mounted for steering purposes on an inclined pivot j, which tends to tilt the central member a inwards when turning and thus counteract centrifugal force.
Patent GB-191313542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Cleaners.
Inventor: REDDIE LOVELL NEWTON
IPC: A47L5/05
Filed: 1913-06-11
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 13,542. Reddie, L. N., [Soistmann, A. G.]. June 11. [Addition to 24,694/12.] Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-The brush 2 described in the parent Specification is provided with rollers 1 roughened on their peripheries 3 or provided with rubber tyres to give a grip on the surface to be cleaned. The rollers may be either inside or outside the nozzle opening 4.
Patent GB-191316833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Absorption Machines for Transforming Heat, Cold and Mechanical Work.
Inventor: ALTENKIRCH EDMUND
IPC: F25B29/00
Filed: 1912-08-12
Granted: 1913-08-12
Abstract: 16,833. Altenkirch, E., and Tenckhoff, B. Aug. 11, 1911, [Convention date]. Vapour-engines. -Relates to machines for transforming heat, cold, and mechanical work of the type in which a working fluid passes through a cycle of changes involving heating, cooling, expansion, and compression, before returning to its original condition, the type of apparatus being known in connexion with refrigerating as the absorption type, and employing typically ammonia as the working fluid. The principle of working described in Specification 18,511/12 is extended so that the highest temperature in the absorber may exceed the lowest temperature in the generator, heat interchange being effected between those parts of the generator and absorber that overlap in temperature. Fig. 1 shows such a plant diagrammatically, with pressnre and temperature as ordinates, the example given being arranged on the counterflow principle whereby is realized the polytropic cycle, with heat transfer at a constant temperature difference, as described in Specification 18,511 / 12. Cold rich liquor is forced from the absorber a by a pump e into the piping f and passes in counterflow through the absorber before leaving it at a point, the temperature of which is the same as that of the coolest end of the generator b. The liquor thus passing into the generator at r is there distilled by means of a heating-coil h, the hot poor liquor eventually entering a pipe g at q in order to retraverse the hot end of the generator in counterflow until it passes at s into the absorber at the highest temperature thereof. The ammonia vapour follows the usual course from the generator to the condenser c, supplied with cooling-water by pipes i, thence evaporating in the refrigerator d and producing cold which is communicated to a brine system n. Suitable arrangements are made for heat exchange between the " overlapping " portions of the generator and absorber, and these take account of the excess in consumption of heat in the generator over the production of heat in the absorber at the same temperature level, for which purpose the rate of circulation of heat-exchanging fluids, or the relative crosssections of pipes may be suitably chosen. The excess of heat may be supplied to the generator by the exhaust gases of a furnace. When the plant is designed to produce mechanical work, the vapour passes from the generator to a working-cylinder and thence to the absorber.
Patent GB-191322337-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Photographic Kite Trolley.
Inventor: WELLCOME HENRY SOLOMON
IPC: G03B15/00
Filed: 1913-10-03
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 22,337. Wellcome, H. S., and Barrett, A. G. Oct. 3. Aeronautical photography and apparatus. -A trolly from which a camera is suspended is adapted to be blown up the wire or string of a kite, captive balloon, &c. by means of wing members, and is provided with gearing which is actuated by the movement of the trolly on the line and is adapted automatically to release the camera shutter and the wing members when the trolly has reached a predetermined distance, thus causing a photograph to be taken and the trolly to return to earth by gravity. The trolly, which comprises a framework and two runners A adapted to be supported on the line A<1>, is provided with an arm L' carrying a grooved wheel K, which is forced against the line A' by the tension of a spring M and thus operates gearing L, connected to a screw J, as the trolly moves up or down. Before starting the trolly, a threaded block I mounted on the screw J is adjusted in position, with the aid of a scale, according to the distance which the trolly is required to travel. When this distance has been reached, the block I operates a bell-crank lever O, which actuates the shutter release P and withdraws a bolt G by means of an arm Q and a connexion R, thus freeing rings E at the end of strings D, and thereby causing the collapse of the wing members, to which the strings D are connected. The wing members may be prevented from completely collapsing by means of a triangular bamboo frame or other device.
Patent GB-191324265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cuff Links.
Inventor: MORTON THOMAS
IPC: A44B5/00
Filed: 1913-10-27
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 24,265. Morton, T. Oct. 27. Sleeve-links.-In an extensible sleeve-link, the bar or fetter b is connected at one or both ends to one or both of the main parts of the link Ly means of a spring member c, shown separately in Fig. 5. Rings d, by means of which the fetter is attached, project through the slotted back-plate a, recesses a' being preferably provided at the ends of the slot.
Patent GB-191325708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar-cutter.
Inventor: BIPPART ACHILL
IPC: A24F13/26
Filed: 1913-11-10
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 25,708. Bippart, A. Nov. 10. Cigar-cutters. - The cutter comprises a plate a of oval shape having a cutting-hole d with a bevelled edge and an eyelet b in which is a pivot for a cutting-lever g. The plate a has a finger-hole c which is cleared by a cut - away portion of the lever g in the closed position, in which position the lever extends beyond the plate to facilitate opening. A headed stop-pin on the lever g engages a guiding-slot e in the plate. A projection k and recess l are provided on the separate parts to hold them closed. The cutter may be suspended from a chain by the eyelet hole b.
Patent GB-191326287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telephone Systems.
Inventor: GRAHAM EDWARD ALFRED
IPC: H04M9/00
Filed: 1913-11-15
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 26,287. Graham, E. A. Nov. 15. Direct-call systems.-In systems in which current is supplied from mains K, M, the transmitting- instruments at one station are supplied with current through an inductance B or B' at the other station. When the key G at a station X is on the calling contact I, current from the main M passes through the inductance B<1> at a station Y over a line L and vibrator F to the main K. The interruptions in this circuit are reproduced in the parallel circuit through the condenser C' and receiver D<1>. An inductance A may be inserted in the positive supply main. The inductances B, B' may be used to operate call signals, such as flags, lamps, or bells, or may be used to operate a contact to bring into circuit the transmitter at the called station. Part of the inductances may be used as energizing-coils for the telephone receivers. The current for each transmitter may be fed through both inductances in parallel, and the inductances may be replaced by repeating-coils. Two or more pairs of stations may be connected on the same pair of mains. Batteries at each station may be used in place of the supply mains.
Patent GB-191400922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to the Treatment of Phosphate Slag for Agricultural Purposes.
IPC: C05B5/00
Filed: 1914-01-13
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 922. K³ppers, H., and Akt. - Ges. Peiner Walzwerk. Jan. 13. Slags, treatment of. - The solubility of phosphate slag in citric acid is .increased by stirring in siliceous material before the slag solidifies. Slag from the converter is run into trucks, and about 500-600 kg. of sand is added to 7,000 kg. of slag. A crust is allowed to form, and then stirrers are plunged through this crust to incorporate the sand with the slag.
Patent GB-191403703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mine Door Closers.
Inventor: RAMSAY THOMAS
IPC: E21F1/10
Filed: 1914-02-12
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 3703. Ramsay, T., and Tonque, J. T. Feb. 12. Operating doors by chain and cord arrangements, by weight, and by movement of interconnected door.- A pair of mine doors are connected so that the opening of one door closes the other, thus forming an air-lock. The doors D, which are hinged to bulkheads B so as to open in the same direction, are connected by a wire or cord 1 passing over guidepulleys 7, 8 between the door, through a hole 9 in one of the bulkheads, and over a pulley 6 as shown. A weight 5 on the cord may be provided to cause both doors to be normally closed,
Patent GB-191408965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Seats for Motors-cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: SLEIGH HERBERT LINWOOD
IPC: B60N2/18
Filed: 1914-04-09
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 8965. Sleigh, H. L., and Cheston, A. S. April 9. Sliding seats; seat adjustments.-An adjustable seat for motor-cars &c. has a sliding top supported by two pairs of crossed stays, one of which can be raised and lowered to vary the inclination of the seat, means being also provided for fixing the sliding parts in position and varying the height of the seat. The inclination is adjusted by a triangular frame 5 pivoted to stays 4 and to a nut 7 adjusted by a screw 8 mounted on the frame members 9, 10. The lower ends of the crossed stays 3, 4 are connected to the base 2 by pivot pins 11, 12 engaging holes 13, 14 arranged as shown to allow the height of the seat to be varied. The sliding seat frame 15 is grooved to engage flanges 16 and is locked in the desired position by a spring-pressed lever 18 with notches to engage a locking-pin 21. In a modification, the frame 15 forms the base, and the part 2 forms the seat frame.
Patent GB-191411088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Peeling or Stripping the Bark from Osiers and the like.
Inventor: WISEMAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN
IPC: B27J3/00
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1915-04-22
Abstract: 11,088. Wiseman, J. B. May 5. Osiers &c., treating.-A device for peeling osiers &c. comprises an open-ended case carrying a number of pairs of revolving and reciprocating rollers, brushes, &c., for acting on the material. Fig. 1 shows apparatus comprising a case a with faed-rollers k<1>, bark-loosening rollers l, l<1>, brushes o, o<1> for removing the loosened bark, and delivery rollers p, p<1>. Each of the rollers l &c. is reciprocated axially, and the pairs of rollers and brushes are pressed together by screw-controlled springs. Other rollers or scrapers may be provided between the rollers L, o. The rollers &c. are rotated by gearing from a suitable source of power, and their reciprocation is effected by splay-wheels on their shafts coacting with fixed guides.
Patent GB-191412249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Theatrical Scenery and Lantern Screens and Means for Supporting the same.
Inventor: KIELEY JOHN FRANK
IPC: A63J1/02
Filed: 1914-05-18
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 12,249. Kieley, J. F., and Long, G. G. May 18. Theatrical appliances.-Relates to a portable scenic structure or background which may be used for theatrical settings or as a lantern screen. The device consists of rectangular front and rear frames 2, 8, respectively, the members of which are connected by suspension lines 7. A series of curtains or screen members 10 are suspended from the lines 7, the middle parts of the curtains being cut away, as shown. By leaving the rearmost curtain complete, it can be used as a screen for lantern pictures, the other curtains being illuminated if desired. Suspension ropes 4 are provided for raising the structure into a loft, and a blower 16 is provided to produce a waving motion of the edges of the curtains. A platform 9 is attached to the rear frame 9 to facilitate the erection and adjustment of the device.
Patent GB-191413445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Coin-controlled Hand-operated Weighing Apparatus.
Inventor: PAUPA JOSEPH
IPC: G07F17/04
Filed: 1914-06-02
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 13,445. Paupa, J., and Hochriem, G. F. March 14, [Convention date]. Weighing-apparatus.-In weighing-apparatus of the beam type wherein the beam is locked by means set in operation by the movement of the platform and released by the action of a coin, the platform is not permanently connected to the locking-means, 'and interference with the accuracy of the weighing is thereby avoided. The rod k normally securing the beam is released when the coin slide n is moved to the right, the slide n removing a lever l from engagement with a pin m on a lever i which normally supports the rod k. The slide n is held in the releasing position against the action of its spring by a catch o, and the platform frame c is then free to actuate the beam. When the platform c rises on the weight being removed, a lever f is actuated by means of a catch d pivoted to the platform and lowered into the path of a pin g on the lever when the platform is loaded, and a rod h is raised to disengage the catch o and release the beam locking-mechanism. The catch d is freed from the pin g, to allow the lever f and the rod h to resume their normal positions, by means of an inclined lug e<1> on the frame c.
Patent GB-191415930-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Apparatus.
Inventor: MAUSS WILHELM
IPC: B04B5/02
Filed: 1914-07-03
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 15,930. Mauss, W. July 3. Density separators.-In a machine of the planetory-drum type, the drums 4 are given their slow rotation about their own axes 5 by epicyclic gearing housed in a casing 6 secured to the main frame 1 on the rotary shaft 2. The gearing comprises two co-axial pinions 13, 14 of different size and rigidly connected together, the former meshing with an annular gear-wheel 7 secured to the casing 6, and the latter meshing with an annular gear-wheel 8 carried by a disk, which also supports a pinion 9 meshing with gears 10 on the drums 4. The gears 13, 14 are restrained by a non-rotary pinion 15, or by preventing the rotation of their supporting- spider 12.
Patent GB-191419157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Buffer Coupling Apparatus.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
IPC: B61G1/00
Filed: 1914-08-27
Granted: 1915-08-26
Abstract: 19,157. Spencer, A. Aug. 27. Combined buffer and draw gear.-A central buffer coupler-head is fitted with a readily removable metal plate which projects laterally beyond the head to prevent the engagement of one head behind the other when the vehicles meet on a curve. The plate a is formed at its upper and lower edges with lugs b, d bent over to engage the flange c of the coupler-head. The lower lug d may be formed with a hole to receive the lower end of the coupling-pin f.
Patent GB-191423931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stereotype Plate Finishing Machines.
IPC: B41D5/00
Filed: 1914-12-11
Granted: 1915-12-13
Abstract: 23,931. Goss Printing Press Co., [Goss Printing Press Co.]. Dec. 11. Printing - surfaces; stereotype. - In a stereotype - plate - finishing machine of the kind in which the plate is held in a rotatable drum, means are provided for trimming both ends of plates of different lengths and for supporting the plates immediately adjacent to the trimming-means; a stop, automatically actuated by the removal of one plate from the drum, is also provided to prevent the entry of another plate into the drum until the first plate has been wholly withdrawn. As shown, the rotary drum 11 is provided with a removable end piece 51, and the rotary cutter disk 57 is formed with a hub 56 and can be turned end for end on the shaft 53, so that the cutter blades 58 are opposite the end of the drum 11 or the end of the extension 51. The blades 58 are reversible so that the bevelled edges are turned towards the drum. The opposite end of the plate is trimmed by a cutter 54. The plate stop comprises a bell-crank lever 46 having a bent end 49 and linked to a spring- pressed bell-crank 42 at the opposite end of the drum. The plate, during its withdrawal, turns the bell-crank 42, and the stop 49 is depressed into the path of the next plate. To prevent breakage if a plate should have previously been placed beneath the stop 49, the bell-crank 46 and the link 45 have a pin-and-slot connexion controlled by a spring 45<c>. Specifications 21,027/14, 23,933/14, and 23,944/14 are referred to.
Patent GB-191500535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding, Sinking and Hauling Engines.
Inventor: RICHARDSON JOHN
IPC: B66D1/08
Filed: 1915-01-13
Granted: 1915-10-21
Abstract: 535. Richarlson, J. Jan. 18. Overwinding and overrunning, preventing.- The steam-valve control lever Q of a turbine A or other high-speed prime-mover driving a winding, sinking, or hauling drum F is operated by a screw I which traverses a block N of adjustable length in a slotted connecting-rod P, to cut off steam when the cage reaches a predetermined level. The drum, which is driven by a shaft B and worm-wheel C, drives the screw I through gearing E, H. The block N, as shown in Fig. 4, is carried on a frontal turned extension of another block, which is supported in a guideway K formed behind the rod P on the casing of the worm-wheel C, which casing encloses the screw I. Set-screws at the ends of the block N enable its effective length to be varied in order to control the point at which it begins to move the connecting-rod. The valve lever Q carries a sliding member R containing a spring which forces its pointed extremity downwards into a V-notch at the centre of the catch-plate S, so as to bring the rod forcibly to its central position and close the valve quickly.
Patent GB-191501290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Inlet Valves for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SCOTT ALFRED ANGAS
IPC: F01L7/12
Filed: 1915-01-26
Granted: 1915-11-11
Abstract: 1290. Scott, A. A. Jan. 26. Crank casings.-A cylindrical inlet valve 7 to the crank chamber is mounted on a cylindrical extension 3 of the cover 2 so as to be removable therewith. The part 3 is closed at the end, and has ports in its cylindrical surface and a flange 8 which. is slotted and engages an extension of the crank-pin 10. The cover and valve are secured by a removable portion 15, of the inlet pipe, having a right - angled portion provided with a spherical surface to engage a spherical seat in the part 3, and at its other end another right-angled portion engaging a resilient seating 23 on the fixed inlet pipe 20. The inlet pipe is provided with a forked extension 16 to engage a pin or bolt on the crank case, and is held to the fixed inlet pipe by a yoke 21.